Government to set out plan to address cladding crisis
Housing and planning minister Kevin Stewart is set to outline measures to address a cladding crisis that affects more than 100 local authority high-rise buildings as well as thousands of privately-owned flats throughout Scotland. Renovations are being carried out at Glen Court & Millbrae Court in Coatbridge Criticism of […]Click here to view original web…
Victory for cladding victims as Lords vote to protect leaseholders from crippling safety costs
Ministers suffered a damaging defeat yesterday as peers voted to protect leaseholders from the crippling costs of the cladding and building safety scandal. It means Boris Johnson faces a fresh rebellion against his plans to resolve the crisis, which would see the vast majority of families living in fire-trap […] Click here to view original…
Cladding crisis: ‘I feel constantly sick and stressed’
Georgie Hulme image captionGeorgie Hulme: “Each day I panic that a bill will arrive” Georgie Hulme inherited her third floor flat in Manchester from her mother, who thought she was providing her daughter with home security for life. Since then, inspections of the building in the wake of the […] Click here to view original…
Free safety assessments for homeowners with external cladding
The Glasgow Harbour development in 2012 Homeowners whose flats have external cladding will be offered free safety assessments to determine which properties have material needing to be removed, the Scottish Government has announced. Following the Grenfell disaster in 2017, cladding has been a tricky topic in Scotland – with […] Click here to view original…
Fears Grenfell cladding crisis could force hundreds of families to leave their homes
Residents at a Manchester residential development that has ‘dangerous’ cladding that needs to be replaced Hundreds of families caught up in the post-Grenfell fire safety crisis may have to quit their homes. Around 400 people in Liverpool hit with rocketing service charges face having to leave an iconic development. […] Click here to view original…
Cladding: Fire Safety Bill to return to Parliament next week
The penthouses of three blocks at Winterthur Way and four blocks of Crown Heights have failed cladding tests. A LAW designed to shield leaseholders from the costs of works to make their buildings safe will return to Parliament next Monday. MPs in the House of Commons will debate the […] Click here to view original…
Cladding: £1.7m bill to fix Holloway tower’s fire danger
Chris Gibbons at the L’Ecole flats in Hornsey Road [Photos: Vita Moltedo ] TENANTS in a tower block covered in dangerous cladding are in a state of “constant anxiety” as they collectively face bills of up to £1.7million to have it removed. The L’Ecole Development in Hornsey Road, Holloway, […] Click here to view original…
Cladding: ‘We felt trapped in a flat worth zero’
Abhijeet Kadwe said the value of his Glasgow flat plummeted from £235,000 to “almost zero” A man has described how he felt “trapped” after buying a flat on the banks of the River Clyde which is covered in combustible cladding. Abhijeet Kadwe, 39, moved into the two-floor property in […] Click here to view original…
Years on, some buildings still have unsafe cladding – who will pay for remediation works?
Over three years since the Grenfell Tower tragedy, the Fire Safety Bill and the Building Safety Bill are anticipated to come into effect early this year. In December 2020, in a significant vote, the House of Lords proposed amendments to the Fire Safety Bill that would protect leaseholders from […] Click here to view original…
Salford councillors accused of ‘pure hypocrisy’ over cladding crisis
Holm Court off Churchill Way in Pendleton Sign up to the MySalford newsletter and don’t miss a thing happening in and around the city When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services […] Click here to view original…
Fed-up residents take housing trust to task over four YEAR delay in removing dangerous cladding
Trafford Housing Trust has apologised for the length of time it has taken to remove the cladding Don’t miss a thing by getting the latest from the Manchester Evening News sent direct to your inbox When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these […] Click here to view original…
PFCC candidate urges Government to back plan to end the cladding scandal after Lib Dem Lords’ victory
James Barker, Liberal Democrat’s candidate, Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for North Yorkshire Liberal Democrat candidate for York and North Yorkshire’s Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner, James Barker, has urged the Government to accept an amendment to the Fire Safety Bill proposed by Lib Dems which was passed by […] Click here to view original…